GOW (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'I' after a plaid allegedly left

after a plaid allegedly left by Prince Charles Edward Stuart at Fingask in Perthshire in 1746 (William Wilsons of Bannockburn' 1819 Key Pattern Book no

The pattern books of the weavers

An early sample of the Black Watch tartan labelled 'Grant' is in the collection of Lt Gen Sir William Cockburn at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow

black and green plaid which was woven by over sixty weavers in Strathspey

GOW (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'I' after a plaid allegedly leftA tartan very similar to this can be seen in a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn of Niel Gow (1717 1807) the famous Perthshire fiddler (see http: www. dunkeldcathedral. org. uk 55 history visitors 228 niel gow). Possibly the basis for the design of later tartans. The Gows or MacGowans were associated with the MacDonalds and the Clan Chattan. Gow is Gaelic for Smith meaning blacksmith. Gow's father was a 'plaid weaver' (Sutton Carr). There apparently is a